Archives - 10 May 2017, Wednesday

Mechanics from Boeing contaminated the oxygen system on a presidential Air Force One aircraft last April, according to an accident investigation board report released Tuesday. The contamination to the VC-25A — one of two planes that is known as Air Force One when it carries the presid...

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Jhonny Reyes' son left the house to join students in an anti-government protest a few days ago, one of hundreds of thousands of angry people who have flooded Venezuela's streets in demonstrations often blocked by police and soldiers. He wound up in front of ...

The Taliban paraded a large convoy of fighters into the district center of Sangin in Helmand province just one month after Resolute Support denied Afghan forces were defeated there. The Taliban force operated openly in the daylight without fear of being targeted by US or Afghan airstr...

In April, Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Todd Young, R-Ind., led a bipartisan group of more than three dozen senators urging “robust funding” for the fiscal 2018 international affairs budget. Durbin is the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. “At a time w...

Muhammad al-Jawlani, also known as Abu Muhammad al-Golani, also known as Muhammad al-Julani, is the senior leader of the terrorist organization, the al-Nusrah Front (ANF), the Syria branch of al-Qa’ida. In April 2013, al-Jawlani pledged allegiance to al-Qa’ida and its leader Ayman al-...

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE: Over two days of briefings here by everyone from pilots to maintainers to the commander of the 432nd Wing, one message rang out loud and clear: the Reaper has grown into a key Close Air Support (CAS) tool for the US military and should not be viewed primarily as...

WASHINGTON — Sweden is planning to boost military spending by 11 percent over five years as tensions rise with Russia, and it sees the U.S. as a key partner, a top Swedish defense official said Wednesday. Speaking at a U.S.–Sweden defense industry seminar the same day U.S. President D...

WASHINGTON — As lawmakers prepare for another push on accountability legislation for the Department of Veterans Affairs, a federal court on Tuesday struck down Congress’ previous work on the issue as unconstitutional. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit c...

While on deployment, three veterans found a way to cultivate peace and empower the farmers of Afghanistan. Now, thanks to the help of Mark Cuban, a Dallas-based tech entrepreneur and billionaire investor on ABC's "Shark Tank," their mission has seen progress, CNBC News reports . The t...

In this Friday April 21, 2017 photo, twin Cadets Cole Ogrydziak, left, and Sumner Ogrydziak, right, and younger brother Cadet Noah Ogrydziak, pose for a photo at the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y. The three Texas brothers are set to graduate together from West Point. Noah,...

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VILNIUS, Lithuania — U.S. defense officials said a long-range Patriot missile battery may be deployed to the Baltic region later this year as part of a military exercise. The move, if finalized, would be temporary but signal staunch U.S. backing for Baltic nations concerned about the ...

NEW DELHI — Firearms manufacturer Israel Weapon Industries and India-based private sector firm Punj Lloyd have begun to jointly produce a variety of small arms from the Israeli company's product line, of which some are for use by Indian armed forces. The new venture, named Punj Lloyd ...

BEIJING — China's Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday that the military successfully test-fired a new type of missile into waters near the Korean Peninsula — an announcement that comes amid Chinese anger over the deployment in South Korea of a sophisticated U.S. missile defens...

Evidence of a proxy war in Libya is being bolstered by a satellite image of U.S.-made military hardware in the North African country. Per TIME , U.S.-made planes are being used to turn the tide of the war and undermine U.S. policy in Libya. Despite a U.N. embargo barring the transfer ...

Sharing nude photos without consent can now get you kicked out of the Marine Corps. The new rule was announced Tuesday in MARADMIN 223/17 , which updates the Separation and Retirement Manual to include sharing private images without consent under the existing definitions of sexual har...

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center electronic systems development division here and Carbon Black, a locally-based security company, signed a cooperative research and development agreement to improve cybersecurity for the Hanscom Air Forc...

Marine Maj. Gen. Steven Rudder has been nominated to be the next head of Marine aviation, replacing Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, who is expected to retire in July, officials said. If approved by the Senate, Rudder would also get his third star. He is currently the director of U.S. Pacific Comm...

PARIS — France this week is leading a joint and allied course to train tactical transport crews from the French Air Force, Navy and European partner nations, in a bid to boost cooperation and interoperability. The exercise, based at Orleans airbase, central France, focuses on training...

Kurdish factions within the Syrian Democratic Forces will soon be getting U.S. arms for their battle with the Islamic State in Syria, according to officials in Baghdad. Despite strenuous objections from Turkish officials, the Trump administration on Monday granted the Defense Departme...

Partnered forces in Syria and Iraq are making progress in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said today. An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II departs after receiving fuel from a 340th Expeditionary Air Refu...

Aselsan has developed two counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) systems and showcased them at the 2017 International Defence Industry Fair in Istanbul. The Aselsan IHTAR shown at IDEF 2017. The ACAR radar is the large flat panel at the top of the mast, with the electro-optic system ...

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The major general has commanded the 76th Operational Response Command in Utah since October 2015. The command includes two chemical brigades, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response task force, 13 elements that support combatant commands and Defense Department agenci...

A company that operates a townhome community near Fort Drum, New York, will pay about $59,000 spread over more than 125 service members who were allegedly illegally charged fees that violated federal law, according to the New York attorney general’s office. A provision of the federal ...

BEIRUT — With the Trump administration's decision to supply Syria's Kurdish fighters with heavier weapons, U.S. troops inside Syria are in the crossfire between Turkey, a powerful NATO ally, and the Kurdish fighters that Ankara deems as terrorists. In only a few months under President...

LINKÖPING, Sweden — Saab is eyeing three competitions in Botswana, Bulgaria and Slovakia as key near-term opportunities to sell more of its Gripen C/D fighter jets and re-energize its production line, company officials said Tuesday. One of those countries, Bulgaria, seems poised to ce...

Elbridge Andrew Colby has been selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service and for assignment as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy & Force Development. Colby was most recently a Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, ...

In their talks, the Secretary General and Prime Minister May underlined the importance of fairer burden sharing and NATO’s role in the fight against terrorism. Mr. Stoltenberg noted that both issues will be high on the agenda for the meeting of NATO leaders and thanked the UK for lead...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- "Nurses are the cornerstone of medical care. They are all about the care of the patient. They are the golden children of patient care," said Col. Sandra McNaughton. McNaughton, who serves as the senior nurse executive at the Army's Office of the Surge...